# 2022–23 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2022–23 season was the 130th season in the existence of VfB Stuttgart and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfB Stuttgart participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Florian Müller |
| 2 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton (vice-captain) |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Wataru Endō (captain) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Josha Vagnoman |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Mavropanos |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Coulibaly |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Enzo Millot |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Serhou Guirassy (on loan from Rennes) |
| 10 | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 11 | FW | COL | Juan José Perea |
| 14 | FW | COD | Silas Katompa Mvumpa |
| 15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel |
| 16 | MF | GER | Atakan Karazor |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi |
| 20 | FW | GER | Luca Pfeiffer |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Itō |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | GER | Chris Führich |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Dan-Axel Zagadou |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa |
| 25 | MF | GER | Lilian Egloff |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Alou Kuol |
| 28 | MF | DEN | Nikolas Nartey |
| 31 | FW | POR | Gil Dias |
| 33 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow |
| 34 | MF | TUR | Ömer Faruk Beyaz |
| 36 | MF | GER | Laurin Ulrich |
| 37 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis |
| 39 | FW | GRE | Thomas Kastanaras |
| 42 | GK | GER | Florian Schock |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Clinton Mola (at Blackburn Rovers until June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Roberto Massimo (at Académico Viseu until June 2023) |
| — | FW | GUI | Momo Cissé (at Wisła Kraków until June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Mateo Klimowicz (at San Luis until December 2023) |
| — | FW | NED | Mohamed Sankoh (at Vitesse until June 2023) |
| — | FW | DEN | Wahid Faghir (at Nordsjælland until June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Konstantinos Mavropanos | Arsenal | €3,200,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 21 | DF | Hiroki Itō | Júbilo Iwata | €600,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Juan José Perea | PAS Giannina | €2,400,000 | 8 July 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Josha Vagnoman | Hamburger SV | €3,700,000 | 9 July 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Luca Pfeiffer | Midtjylland | €2,850,000 | 2 August 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Serhou Guirassy | Rennes | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Dan-Axel Zagadou | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 19 September 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Genki Haraguchi | Union Berlin | €1,000,000 | 30 January 2023 |
| 31 | FW | Gil Dias | Benfica | Undisclosed | 30 January 2023 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 7 | DF | Pablo Maffeo | Mallorca | €3,000,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 10 | MF | Daniel Didavi | Unattached | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Philipp Förster | VfL Bochum | €500,000 | 1 July 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Erik Thommy | Sporting Kansas City | Free | 7 July 2022 |
| 50 | FW | Alexis Tibidi | Rheindorf Altach | Loan | 11 July 2022 |
| 30 | MF | Roberto Massimo | Académico de Viseu | Loan | 22 July 2022 |
| 44 | FW | Mohamed Sankoh | Vitesse | Loan | 22 July 2022 |
| 34 | MF | Ömer Faruk Beyaz | 1. FC Magdeburg | Loan | 27 July 2022 |
| 23 | MF | Orel Mangala | Nottingham Forest | €13,000,000 | 31 July 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Darko Churlinov | Burnley | €3,500,000 | 19 August 2022 |
| 29 | MF | Philipp Klement | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Undisclosed | 25 August 2022 |
| – | DF | Jan-Carlo Simić | Milan | €1,000,000 | 25 August 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Saša Kalajdžić | Wolverhampton Wonderers | €18,000,000 | 31 August 2022 |
| 43 | DF | Maxime Awoudja | Excelsior | Undisclosed | 31 August 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Clinton Mola | Blackburn Rovers | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 19 | FW | Wahid Faghir | Nordsjælland | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 31 | MF | Mateo Klimowicz | Arminia Bielefeld | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 31 | MF | Mateo Klimowicz | San Luis | Loan | 1 January 2023 |
| 50 | FW | Alexis Tibidi | Troyes | €2,600,000 | 28 January 2023 |
| 32 | MF | Naouirou Ahamada | Crystal Palace | €12,000,000 | 31 January 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 7 August 2022 | 27 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 020.59 |
| Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 1 June 2023 | 5 June 2023 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 29 July 2022 | 3 May 2023 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 031.71 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 35 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 34 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (O) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Schalke 04 (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hertha BSC (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

#### Relegation play-offs
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Florian Müller | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | GER | Fabian Schock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Josha Vagnoman | 15 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 23 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Pascal Stenzel | 14 | 1 | 3+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Atakan Karazor | 23 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Itō | 25 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Dan-Axel Zagadou | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Borna Sosa | 18 | 2 | 14+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | GER | Antonis Aidonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | JPN | Wataru Endō | 26 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Tanguy Coulibaly | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Enzo Millot | 16 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Chris Führich | 26 | 4 | 16+7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Lilian Egloff | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | DEN | Nikolas Nartey | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Laurin Ulrich | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GUI | Serhou Guirassy | 15 | 8 | 12+1 | 6 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | POR | Tiago Tomás | 20 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | COL | Juan José Perea | 17 | 1 | 2+12 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | COD | Silas | 23 | 5 | 18+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Luca Pfeiffer | 18 | 2 | 6+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Alou Kuol | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | POR | Gil Dias | 7 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 39 | FW | GER | Thomas Kastanaras | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ENG | Clinton Mola | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUT | Saša Kalajdžić | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MKD | Darko Churlinov | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Wahid Faghir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Philipp Klement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Mateo Klimowicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Naouirou Ahamada | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | GER | Maxime Awoudja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 March 2023 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Serhou Guirassy | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | | Silas | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 3 | | Wataru Endō | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | | Chris Führich | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | | Konstantinos Mavropanos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | | Tiago Tomás | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 20 | | Luca Pfeiffer | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 24 | | Borna Sosa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 31 | | Gil Dias | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 32 | | Naouirou Ahamada | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | | Waldemar Anton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | | Tanguy Coulibaly | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 11 | | Juan José Perea | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 15 | | Pascal Stenzel | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 17 | | Darko Churlinov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 9 | 38 |
Last updated: 11 March 2023